Husking device.



S. HANKINS.

HUSKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION 111.120 050.31. 1914.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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Specification of Ilctters Patent.

Application filed December 31,1914. Serial N o. 879,812.

T0 aZZ whom it may Concern I Be it known that I, SYLVESTER HANKINS, a citizen of the Unlted States, residing at Zearing, in the county of Story and State of I cooperates with a buckle 17 ilhis strap 20 Iowa, have invented certain new anduseful Y Improvements in Husking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in husking devices, and one of the objects of the same is to provide an improved hand device of this character, embodying a finger and palm engaging portions which though separated from each other are adjustably connected, whereby the device may be readily and quickly adjusted to vary the length of the device.

- ment of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention and in which,

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of an ,improved device of this character, constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 38, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 4:, Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to thedrawing, and in the present exemplification of this invention, the numeral 10 designates a palm engaging plate havingears 11, 12 projecting therefrom and bent so as to curve over the edges of the hand. This plate is provided with a series of teeth 13 up struck therefrom, and the plate is preferably secured to a flexible element 1 1, which rests against the palm, and a portion of thiselement is shaped to form a wrist encircling. portion 15, having a strap 16 connected therewith, and a buckle '17 also connected therewith cooperating with the strap. The

ears 11, 12 also have a strap 18 and buckle 19 connected therewith for assisting in holding the device in position on the hand, and

another strap 20 is connected withthe upper portion of the, element 14: and extends downwardly toward the bottom of the ele- 'p'asses over the thumb so that when the dev ce is in position, the strap may be drawn t ghtly andthe thumb will be free.

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ment to pass through a slot or opening in the strap 16, and the end of this strap 20 A finger receiving pocket or hood 23 is.

secured to the front thereof, and the ele ment 24 is provided with up struck teeth 25, and the back of the pocket or hoodis shaped to form a tongue or strap 26. A buckle 27 is connected by means of a short strap with the wrist encircling strap 16, and with this buckle the free end of the strap 26 is adustably connected, so that the distance of the hood or pocket. 23 with respect to the palm engaging portion may be varied to fit hands of different lengths. Thistongue or strap portion 26 of the hood or pocket is provided with a slot 28, and a strap 29 and.

a buckle 30 connected with the walls of the hood on opposite sides ofthe slot28, so that the walls maybe adjusted laterally with re- I spect to each other to "vary the width of the pocket.

' Inuse, the elements 14 and 10 are placed against the palm of the hand so that the.

hand, and the strap and buckle 18, 19 are connected.- The thumb of the hand will pass through the opening 31 so asto be free,

and the strap and buckle 16, 17 are connected. The strap 20 passing over the thumb is connectediwith the buckle 22 and drawn tightly to make the elements 14, 15 fit the hand.

ears 11, 12 will extend over the edge of the The ends of the fingers are then inserted in the hood or pocket 28 and the device is thenmay be formed into ears which. bend over the edges of the hand.

What is claimed as new is In a hand husking device, the combination of a palm engaging member and a finger engaging husking implement adjustably connected, said finger engaging implement embodying a closed hood for receiving and inclosing only the ends of the fingers, said hood being shorter at the front than at the back, a toothed plate connected with the hood, the ends of the plate extending over the sides of the hood, the sides of the back of thehood converging to form a centrally 1 disposed narrow tongue integral therewith and extending along the back of the hand,

said hood having a cut out portion extending into the tongue and a strap and buckle connected With the hood and extending across the cut out portion beyond the edge of the toothed plate on the hood to contract that portion of the hood, the space between Copies of this patent may be obtained for my-name to this specification in the presence of two Witnesses. Y V

SYLVESTER HANKINS. Witnesses:

J. D. HANKINs,

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